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By reading the Aug. 4 editorial "Breeding more entitlement," one is led to believe that only unionized employees feel entitled to fair raises and good work conditions. I bet if you were to ask any non-unionized worker, he or she would also feel entitled to these as well. The difference is non-unionized workers are at the mercy of owners/management to get whatever slop is passed down to them. Unions fight for fairness for their members, and this cuts into a company's profit.

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FREEPRESS wrote on Sep 12, 2012 6:22 AM:

" There was a time when unions did a lot of good in the workplace but have long since outlived their usefulness.

When state and municipal union workers demand pay and benefits far beyond what the taxpayers can afford - THAT IS WRONG. When unions strike for so long and demand so much that a company is forced to close - THAT IS WRONG. When union wages and benefits make the cost of products so high that Americans cannot afford them - THAT IS WRONG. When unions' demands make it more cost effective to move out of the state or the country, causing a loss of jobs and the income area merchants and their employees would have received - THAT IS WRONG.

" The problem I have here is; why are people trying to drag the union workers down? Is it because they don't have these Benifits, and pay? Then maybe they too should join a union. It's about time people wake up see the corporate greed. If you don't fight for it, you won't get it. Do yourself and your family a favor, unionize ! Tired of your boss building new homes, and driving new cars, putting his kids through good schools, while you can barley afford the rent, unionize!! "

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